This directory and its subdirectories contain the abc source for a
collection of Scottish Country Dance music.
Files are named for the dance. So if you want a medley for General Stuart's
Reel, fetch GeneralStuartsR.abc, feed it to your abc software, and you
should get the tunes on your screen.

There's a program subdirectory that contains tune sets
for Scottish dance events that I'm involved in.

Individual tunes are all in subdirectories named for a rhythm: reel, jig,
strathspey, march, etc. This directory's Makefile made the medley pages
from them and from the hdr/*.hdr files that produce
the dance title and other information at the top of the page.

Some of the *.abc files here contain only the primary (title or
recommended) tune for a dance; some contain complete medleys. The
single-tune cases mostly have a '0' (zero) at the end of the
name, while those that end with a higher digit contain sets of tunes
for the dance. But the naming here isn't very consistent yet.

An important warning: This is a personal, "working" collection. Its
contents may change at any time. So if you see a medley you like, grab it
now. It may change tomorrow.

Copyright comments: Some of the main tunes here are recent and are
under copyright. I and the others who have contributed to this collection
have generally worked under the assumption that the composers want their
tunes used for the dance, and will therefore have no objection to having
the tunes here in abc form. If this is not true for some tune,
let me know
and I'll remove the tune. If you suggest an alternate tune, I'll try to use
it; otherwise I'll find another similar tune to use instead. I've tried to
include the names of composers when known.

If you like seeing your tune here, but you would like to have your email or
web address in the tune,
tell me
and I'll add them to the abc header. I can add your copyright notice, too,
if you like.

I always try to get full information about the origins of tunes, so if you
know something about a tune that's not in the headers,
send it to me
and I'll add the info to the tune.